Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Co-evolution magazine socks it to the man in their Autumn 1977 issue with this spectacular Poor Man's Trampoline made from cunningly cut strips of old tractor or truck inner tubes. The strips are knotted together using square knots - it's like giant macrame.

All you need are inner tubes, heavy shears, clothes line, parachute cord, a big hook, and a healthy disregard for health and safety as you watch up to four children propel themselves up towards the ceiling at great speed on the end of a springy rubber cord.

Monday, 9 August 2010

One to add to the autumn knit list - a fabulous pair of 1960s mod-style scooter mitts. This groovy hybrid of glove and mitten allows you more finger flexibility than the tradtional mitten, meaning that you can, say, pick up your front door key, or use your scooter brake, without losing the warmth of traditional mittens.

This is also a great project for knitters who have made mittens but are still a little nervous of knitting fiddly gloves. The original pattern is made in black and red stripes.

Tuesday, 3 August 2010

Two lovely waistcoated gentlemen, sadly co-joined at the red gentleman's pipe and the yellow gentleman's head. They were later successfully separated in a ground-breaking 16 hour operation and both went on to open tea shops in Dorset.

The waistcoats are worked in 3 ply yarn, and are lined with a contrast yarn, so they are completely reversible.